Unbelievable 

Willie Rioli gets 2 year ban for failing to comply with urine test - was drug free anyway. 

Essendon - banned for drug misuse

 Carlton - fined lose picks for draft. Violations. 
 

 

Edited August 17, 20222 yr by radar
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The AFL stated none of the clubs gained a competitive advantage...pfffft

Should i ask why this thread has begun?

12 minutes ago, radar said:

Unbelievable 

Willie Rioli gets 2 year ban for failing to comply with urine test - was drug free anyway. 

Essendon - banned for drug misuse

 Carlton - fined lose picks for draft. Violations. 
 

 

What has that got to do with COVID protocols breach? 

1 minute ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Should i ask why this thread has begun?

I presume we are talking about the fines handed out to Sydney and others for not complying with the AFL's protocols? 

https://www.afl.com.au/news/823828/swans-pies-among-five-clubs-sanctioned-for-covid-breaches

So, basically for the finals, any COVID safety protocols could be ignored if you're happy to take the financial hit?

4 minutes ago, Brownie said:

https://www.afl.com.au/news/823828/swans-pies-among-five-clubs-sanctioned-for-covid-breaches

So, basically for the finals, any COVID safety protocols could be ignored if you're happy to take the financial hit?

What a complete joke

The falsifying of COVID test results should have resulted in suspensions to the parties involved.

Although looking at the three clubs topping the list, it's not really surprising how they got away with a smack on the behind.

 

6 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

The falsifying of COVID test results should have resulted in suspensions to the parties involved.

Although looking at the three clubs topping the list, it's not really surprising how they got away with a smack on the behind.

 

You are surely not suggesting corruption at AFL House?

"The AFL says penalties were given for breaches including not undertaking a rapid antigen test (RAT) within specified time periods, and uploading an image taken of a previous RAT undertaken by that person or someone else"

no suggestion that failed tests were covered up, quarantine rules breaches or anything that results in players playing that should not have played. Why would anyone be suggesting suspensions in these circumstances?

The world is now living with Covid. Let's just move on shall we.

1 minute ago, Fat Tony said:

You are surely not suggesting corruption at AFL House?

 

46 minutes ago, radar said:

Unbelievable 

Willie Rioli gets 2 year ban for failing to comply with urine test - was drug free anyway. 

Essendon - banned for drug misuse

 Carlton - fined lose picks for draft. Violations. 
 

 

Cmon man! Hardly on the same level and your statement about Rioli being drug free is ridiculous.

The publicised amounts of the fines are misleading. 50% suspended.

48 minutes ago, BDA said:

"The AFL says penalties were given for breaches including not undertaking a rapid antigen test (RAT) within specified time periods, and uploading an image taken of a previous RAT undertaken by that person or someone else"

no suggestion that failed tests were covered up, quarantine rules breaches or anything that results in players playing that should not have played. Why would anyone be suggesting suspensions in these circumstances?

The world is now living with Covid. Let's just move on shall we.

umm, if the RAT images uploaded were essentially fake (ie. previous images from old tests), how can you be so sure that failed tests weren't covered up?    

11 minutes ago, sue said:

umm, if the RAT images uploaded were essentially fake (ie. previous images from old tests), how can you be so sure that failed tests weren't covered up?    

can't be sure of anything. If a club decides to cover something up then requires a lot of digging to uncover - see Essendon drugs scandal

however they take the covid tests every day. not difficult to send in the previous days in error. Plus covid shows up on rats tests for a number of days so would require a major cover-up  as i've said. And needlessly exposes the rest of the list to covid.

btw the accuracy of rats tests is pretty sketchy. I've heard of plenty of people you passed the rats but failed the PCR. but thats another story

1 hour ago, BDA said:

The world is now living with Covid. Let's just move on shall we.

100% disagree with this comment from an Australian perspective.

Until the state governments remove the 1 week isolation period upon testing positive with COVID, Australia is most certainly not living with COVID.

Assuming you do the right thing by the general population and isolate, you could miss out on your own wedding, birthday or attending an MFC premiership live even if you're not particularly sick.

We have nowhere near moved on from COVID.

Edited August 17, 20222 yr by Bring-Back-Powell

Sending in photos of old tests would be more to do with not wanting to shove a thing up your nose twice a week when you are feeling 100% healthy with no symptoms. You could call it Laziness. I personally know of people at the 2 different AFL at clubs not named who have done it. My kids are still getting sent home with Rats and I'm not making them test unless they feel ill or have kids in their class confirmed cases

4 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

100% disagree with this comment from an Australian perspective.

Until the state governments remove the 1 week isolation period upon testing positive with COVID, Australia is most certainly not living with COVID.

Assuming you do the right thing by the general population and isolate, you could miss out on your own wedding, birthday or attending an MFC premiership live even if you're not particularly sick.

We have nowhere near moved on from COVID.

No where near! staying in doors for a week if you test positive is hardly nowhere near. If you've covid you're probably sick and most likely not heading out anyways

We have vaccines, no more lock downs, we're free to move around, go to games, travel internationally etc. etc.

We've come along way from where we were

1 hour ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

The falsifying of COVID test results should have resulted in suspensions to the parties involved.

Although looking at the three clubs topping the list, it's not really surprising how they got away with a smack on the behind.

 

And how do the AFLK "Integrity Commission" 🤗 ascertain that the clubs involved did not gain advantage?

WCE must be spitting chips - their season was derailed by their compliance with the protocols.   We had a few players standing aside even though they may not have had covid, and this could have effected results.  Maybe we should have covered up and essentially made false declarations?

14 minutes ago, Bates Mate said:

Sending in photos of old tests would be more to do with not wanting to shove a thing up your nose twice a week when you are feeling 100% healthy with no symptoms. You could call it Laziness. I personally know of people at the 2 different AFL at clubs not named who have done it. My kids are still getting sent home with Rats and I'm not making them test unless they feel ill or have kids in their class confirmed cases

Yes RATS are pretty much hit and miss, but the fact is that the clubs signed on to the protocols and in some cases seem to have thumbed their noses fraudulently claiming compliance.

7 minutes ago, monoccular said:

WCE must be spitting chips - their season was derailed by their compliance with the protocols.   We had a few players standing aside even though they may not have had covid, and this could have effected results.  Maybe we should have covered up and essentially made false declarations?

Do you want players suspended for not doing the test in time or sending in yesterday's rat test?

49 minutes ago, BDA said:

Do you want players suspended for not doing the test in time or sending in yesterday's rat test?

Yes. I wasn't allowed onto my work site without a valid RAT test. If that is what they were asked to do and they're not complying then why should they be any different?

They're professional athletes getting paid hundreds of thousands of dollars a year for crying out loud. How hard is it to follow the rules that are set out in front of them.

Actions and consequences. It's pretty simple really.

Edited August 17, 20222 yr by deva5610

What a bunch of runts.

3 hours ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Should i ask why this thread has begun?

Is there a way to automate this comment so it’s automatically the second post on every thread? Will save a lot of time.

Hahahaha oh Gil never change.

#AFLintegrity